Senior Product Manager - FinOps

The Onyx Research Data Tech organization is a full‑stack shop focused on delivering a next‑generation data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers and decision‑makers through infrastructure, platforms and AI/ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Product Feature Ownership: Own the full product lifecycle for specific FinOps features—from ideation and requirements gathering to launch, adoption and iteration.
• Cloud Cost Visibility: Drive the development of tools and dashboards that provide clear, accurate and granular visibility into cloud spending across Onyx platforms and services.
• Cost Optimization Enablement: Identify, define and deliver capabilities that enable engineering teams to make cost‑efficient choices, including recommendations for resource rightsizing, reserved instance/savings plan management and identification of idle or underutilized resources.
• Financial Governance Support: Assist in implementing and monitoring cloud financial governance policies and guardrails, such as budget alerts, spend limits and chargeback/showback mechanisms.
• User Research & Requirements: Conduct in‑depth user research with engineers, developers, data scientists and finance teams to understand their challenges related to cloud cost management and translate insights into detailed product requirements and user stories.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Leverage cloud billing data and other financial inputs to analyse spending trends, identify cost anomalies and support the creation of actionable financial reports and forecasts.
• Agile Product Development: Participate actively in an agile development environment, collaborating daily with engineering, UX and QA teams to ensure timely delivery of high‑quality releases.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with Cloud Platform Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, Finance and R&D teams to ensure product features meet business needs, integrate seamlessly and drive desired financial outcomes.
• Documentation & Training: Create clear product documentation, user guides and training materials to facilitate adoption and help users leverage FinOps tools and insights effectively.

Qualifications & Skills

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in a technical or scientific field (e.g., computational science, engineering, finance or related discipline).
• Experience in product management, cloud financial management (FinOps) or a related role with a strong cost optimisation focus.
• Demonstrated ability to take a product from concept to launch, define scope, align stakeholders and deliver an initial version to users.
• Understanding of cloud billing models, cost drivers and service offerings across major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools to extract insights from financial or operational data.
• Familiarity with agile product development methodologies.
• Preferred: Master’s degree or MBA.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or equivalent certification.
• Direct experience with FinOps platforms and tools (e.g., Cloudability, CloudHealth or native cloud cost management tools).
• Experience contributing to products that support large‑scale, multi‑cloud environments.
• Understanding of enterprise financial processes, budgeting, forecasting and cost allocation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate technical and financial concepts to diverse audiences.
• Prior experience in the life sciences or biopharma industry.